Keng Tung

Kengtung sits 826 m above sea level in the eastern Shan State. It is one of the oldest capitals of the Shan people.

It is built around a lake with Buddhist temples and colonial architecture, Kengtung may be the most scenic of Shan State towns. The surrounding area if populated by many colorful ethnic groups including the Wa, Shan, Akha, Lahu, and Ann people. Traders to and from China and Thailand transit through here. Kengtung, like other major towns in the Shan Plateau, was home to a Shan Saopah. Kengtung was the base of the Sawbanate, and had a Sawbwa palace, built by Sao_Kawng_Kiao Intaleng in 1905.

Kengtung Photo Slide Show

                                                                                                                                                                    

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